74 CAMPOPHAGID^. 



4. Pericrocotus flammifer. 



Pericrocotu.s flammifer, Hume, Stray Feathers, 1875, p. 321, et 1877, 

 pp. 175, 195 ; id. Sf Damson, S. F. 1878, p. 211. 



" This species, like P. andamanensis, has no coloured patch on the 

 first three primaries in the adult male, or in the first four in tho 

 female. In colour the female approaches P. jlammeus ; the outer 

 webs of the central feathers appear to be always red. In colour the 

 female is more like those of /'. sjjeciosits and P. elegans, with more 

 j-eUow on the forehead, and of a much more orange-j'ellow below 

 than the female P. Jlammeus. The wings of my specimens mea- 

 sure : — males from 3-47 to 3'5 inches, females from 3-35 to 3*42." 

 (Hume.) 



Ohs. I identify a specimen in the collection with Mr. Hume's 

 species, which seems to be a distinct one. Unfortunately our bird 

 is in changing plumage and has lost its tail, so that it was not 

 available for description. 



Hab. Bankasoon, at the extreme south of the Tenasserim pro- 

 vinces. 



a. cS imm. sk. Tenasserim. J. C. D. Packman, Esq. [P.]. 



5. Pericrocotus xanthogaster. 



Muscicapa flammea, Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 309 (tiec Forster). 



Lauius xanthogaster, H-uffi. t. c. p. 309. 



Pericrocotus xanthogaster, Horsf. ^- Moore, Cat. JB. 3Itis. E. I. Co. 



i. p. 142 ; Gray, Haml-l. B. i. p. 335 ; Sharpe, Stray Feathers, 1876, 



p. 208 ; Tiveedd. Ibis, 1877, p. 315. 

 Pericrocotus ardeus, Bp. Cooisp. i. p. 357 {ex Boie, MS.) ; Gray, 



Hand-l B. i, p. 335 ; Walden, Ibis, 1872, p. 372, et 1873, p. 310 ; 



Salvad. Ucc. Born. p. 143, pi. 2 ; Tiveedd. Ibis, 1877, p. 315. 

 Pericrocotus subardens, Hume, Str. F. 1877, p. 196. 



Adult male. General colour glossy blue-black, the lower back, 

 rump, and upper tail-coverts scarlet ; tail entirely scarlet, the centre 

 feathers black on the inner web, the others black at immediate base, 

 slightly increasing in extent towards the centre of the tail, this 

 black base almost imperceptible on the outer feathers ; wings black, 

 tho inner greater coverts scarlet at tip, merged in the scarlet band 

 which occupies the basal half of all but the four outer primaries, 

 the four innermost secondaries with a large spot of scarlet towards 

 the tip of tho outer web ; sides of face and throat blue-black like 

 the head, the rest of the under surface of the body bright scarlet, 

 including the imder wing-coverts, the greater series being black with 

 scarlet tips ; thighs blackish. Total length 7 inches, culmen 0-6, 

 wing 3-2, tail 2-95, tarsus 0-65. 



Adult female. Above very dark grey, with a certain bluish gloss, 

 the rump and upper tail-coverts olive-yellow ; wings and tail as in 

 the male, but yellow where they are scarlet in the latter, the tail 

 showing a greater amount of black at the base of the feathers, and 

 the yellow streak along the primaries situated further up the quills 



